Thousandfold
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Thousandfold is an adjective meaning Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
Meaning
Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
More Meanings
- Having one thousand parts or members.
- By a factor of a thousand.
Example Sentences
The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.
[T]he fresh brave school-life, so full of games, adventures, and good fellowship, so ready at forgetting, so capacious at enjoying, so bright at forecasting, outweighed a thousandfold their troubles with the master of their form, and the occasional ill-usage of the big boys in the house.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hundredfold, hundred-thousandfold, tenthousandfold, millionfold, trillionfold, centuple.
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